- bifurcate
- bifurcate: see fork
- bifurcate (v.)
- 1610s, from Medieval Latin bifurcatus, from Latin bi- (see bi-) + furca, the root of fork. Related: Bifurcated; bifurcating.
- bifurcate (adj.)
- 1835, from Medieval Latin bifurcatus, from Latin bi- (see bi-) + furca, the root of fork (n.).